Monday, December 17, 2012

The No Good, Very Bad Outlook for the Working-Class American Man - NationalJournal.com

The No Good, Very Bad Outlook for the Working-Class American Man - NationalJournal.com

"Since then, men have been steadily withdrawing from the workforce—but, again, not uniformly. Ninety percent of college-educated men are still working. But a fifth of men with only a high school degree weren’t working in 2008, before the recession struck; today, a fourth of them don’t hold a job. Among men who didn’t finish high school, a third aren’t working. As a result of these trends, America today is pockmarked with neighborhoods where nonwork is the male norm."

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